Madrid will now switch their focus to toppling Manchester City in the return leg of their Champions League semi-final and Zidane is pleased Bale has discovered a rich vein of form.
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The 32-year-old Lahm has made more Champions League appearances than any other German player, his 104th game in Madrid surpassing Oliver Kahn’s tally of 103.
After a scoreless first leg in Manchester, Manuel Pellegrini’s side knows a draw (as long as it isn’t scoreless) will be enough to reach the final for the first time.
Meanwhile, Juventus refused to let up despite having already won Serie A and notched their 25th win in their last 26 league games by beating Carpi 2-0.
“It will be similar to the first-leg match”.
There are certain divides that no player crosses and certainly not when the player in question is a Real Madrid super star, who believes that the medical team at his club are not up to the mark in relation to his injuries. “Together we have achieved our best”. Godin, a key player for Atletico, and winger Yannick Carrasco were both cleared to play on Sunday after recovering from injuries.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was impressed with a “serious performance” from his team after they took another step towards retaining the La Liga title with a 2-0 win at Real Betis on Saturday evening.
Having lost to Barcelona and Real Madrid at the semi-final stage in the last two years, Bayern face the prospect of a third straight elimination by a Spanish side.
“We are going to attack from the first minute and we want to score an early goal”, said the Spain worldwide.
“I liked my team for the whole game”, he said.
“We need to be on fire on Tuesday”, said Thomas Mueller, who shone as Bayern were held 1-1 by Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday and were consequently made to wait for their fourth consecutive Bundesliga title.
“But our planning would be made hard, we have to admit that”.
Los Blancos, who were without the services of Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema at the Anoeta, won it in the 80th minute when Gareth Bale headed a Lucas Vasquez cross into the back of the net.
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“It will be a very intense game and I hope that with the help of our fans we can move forward”, Bale said. “We have a great game to come on Tuesday and we’ll try to get a good result there to go through to the final”.
